Wisconsin Legislature: Medical malpractice

School-based health services to MA-eligible children: excess of certain amounts deposited in MA trust fund for children's long-term care services and other children's services [Sec. 690, 1030, 1800] - SB21

Shoreland zoning revisions made in 2015 WisAct 55 eliminated; BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core family income eligibility level changed; DHS to comply with federal requirements and request enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) payment; JCF provision - AB861

Statewide parental choice program phased out; family income eligibility for BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core raised; DHS required to take necessary steps to qualify for enhanced federal MA percentage (FMAP) - AB462

Authorized State Building Program for 2015-17: medical school campus in City of Jefferson construction grant, nonstate revenue sources requirement - AB625

Medical College of Wisconsin commended for its commitment to the well-being of Wisconsin citizens and wishes success for the Medical College of Wisconsin—Green Bay - AJR94

Rural and underserved urban medicine program: Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health annual report changed to biennial report - AB619

Rural and underserved urban medicine program: Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health annual report changed to biennial report - SB481

Rural physician residency assistance program: funding increased - AB797

Rural physician residency assistance program: funding increased - SB662

Clinical exercise physiologists professional licensing created; Clinical Exercise Physiology Affiliated Credentialing Board created and attached to MEB, emergency rule provisions - SB185

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB852

DSPS duties and powers revised re uniform professional credentialing and occupational licensing procedures; multifamily dwelling and commercial building codes; Building Inspector Review Board; penalties for certain violations; safety glazing material in hazardous locations; aging schools program; list of variances under the historic building code; list of licensed retail LPG suppliers; municipal construction site erosion control program review frequency; manufactured housing industry dispute resolution; manufactured home construction and safety reports; certain master and journeyman plumber permits; septic tank installers; public swimming pool definition; plumbing, fire protection systems, and swimming pool plan review law reorganized; mandatory meeting requirements; administrative warnings; costs of disciplinary proceedings; registration of licensed medical professionals; jurisprudence examination of funeral directors; and degree requirement for sitting for certain exams; DOA appendix report - AB935

DSPS duties and powers revised re uniform professional credentialing and occupational licensing procedures; multifamily dwelling and commercial building codes; Building Inspector Review Board; penalties for certain violations; safety glazing material in hazardous locations; aging schools program; list of variances under the historic building code; list of licensed retail LPG suppliers; municipal construction site erosion control program review frequency; manufactured housing industry dispute resolution; manufactured home construction and safety reports; certain master and journeyman plumber permits; septic tank installers; public swimming pool definition; plumbing, fire protection systems, and swimming pool plan review law reorganized; mandatory meeting requirements; administrative warnings; costs of disciplinary proceedings; registration of licensed medical professionals; jurisprudence examination of funeral directors; and degree requirement for sitting for certain exams; DOA appendix report - SB698

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - AB726

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - SB568

Guidelines issued by certain credentialing boards allowed re best practices when prescribing controlled substances; MEB examination authority re physician license applicants - AB660

Guidelines issued by certain credentialing boards allowed re best practices when prescribing controlled substances; MEB examination authority re physician license applicants - SB520

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ratified; MEB annual report required [S.Amdt.1: sunset and Senate confirmation provisions added, reports modified] - AB253

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ratified; MEB annual report required - SB196

Lyme disease: MEB and Board of Nursing to promulgate rules re best practices for diagnosis and treatment - AB768

Pain clinic certification provisions created, requirements specified; DHS duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions; A.Amdt.1: payment method revised and MEB provision added] - AB366

Primary spinal care practitioner licensure program established; Spinal Medicine Affiliated Credentialing Board created in MEB - SB762

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB852

Insurance statutes: miscellaneous changes - AB420

Insurance statutes: miscellaneous changes - SB287

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - AB179

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - SB125

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases: parent has right to recover for adult child who has not reached the age of 27 - AB498

Loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases: parent has right to recover for adult child who has not reached the age of 27 - SB378

Mental health treatment under MA: limitations on what is required for prior authorizations set; DHS and HMO duties - AB713

Qualified treatment trainees to provide certain mental health services under MA: HMO or other managed care organization must provide or DHS prohibited from contracting with them; definition provision - AB711

Addiction treatment programs that use methadone: annual report to DHS and physician to review individual’s records before prescribing required [A.Amdt.1: reporting requirements modified, prescription review requirement removed] - AB367

Addiction treatment programs that use methadone: annual report to DHS and physician to review individual’s records before prescribing required - SB271

Adoption re TPR: DCF contact preference forms; access to identifying information, medical and genetic information, and the original birth certificate; State Registrar and DHS duties - AB650

Adult children prevented from visiting or communicating with parent residing in a hospital, hospice, nursing home, or CBRF may petition court for visitation; conditions set [A.Amdt.1: facilities expanded; A.Amdt.2: sanctions, remedies, and guardian conduct provisions added; A.Amdt.3: expedited hearings provision added; A.Amdt.5: ``adult child" changed to ``family members" and definition provision] - AB674

Adult children prevented from visiting or communicating with parent residing in a hospital, hospice, nursing home, or CBRF may petition court for visitation; conditions set - SB487

Advanced life support training grant created, sunset provision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 668r, s, 9118 (3q), 9418 (7q)] - SB21

Advisory council to advise DSPS on matters concerning midwives (remedial legislation) - AB683

Advisory council to advise DSPS on matters concerning midwives (remedial legislation) - SB558

Ambulance services: county or municipality may certify to DOR for collection of debts from tax refunds - AB31

Ambulance services: county or municipality may certify to DOR for collection of debts from tax refunds - SB40

Ambulance staffing at paramedic level revision [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 4109j, k] - SB21

Ambulance staffing requirements revised re EMTs and first responders; DHS duties - AB213

Ambulance staffing requirements revised re EMTs and first responders; DHS duties [S.Amdt.1: respiratory care practitioner and pediatric patient transferred to another hospital by airplane provisions added; S.Amdt.3: municipality population provisions and waivers added; A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions] - SB143

Andy Dean, Sara Dean, Troy Thomas, Dean Bogdonovich, and Bob Wilke: actions to save the life of 13 year old Bailey Venet commended - AJR9

Andy Dean, Sara Dean, Troy Thomas, Dean Bogdonovich, and Bob Wilke: actions to save the life of 13 year old Bailey Venet commended - SJR8

Assembly Organization, Committee on, required to immediately appoint a Taskforce on Women’s Access to Affordable Reproductive Health Care Services; report of findings and recommendations required by July 1, 2016 - AR21

Child abuse and neglect reporting law recodified; revisions re persons mandated to report, training, eliminating health care provider exception from reporting of sexual intercourse or contact, and definitions of ``physical injury” and ``neglect” - AB489

Compatible offices and positions: EMT, volunteer fire fighter, or first responder whose compensation does not exceed set amount may also hold an elective office in the same city, town, or village - AB519

Compatible offices and positions: EMT, volunteer fire fighter, or first responder whose compensation does not exceed set amount may also hold an elective office in the same city, town, or village [A.Amdt.1: compensation based on population condition added] - SB581

Complementary and alternative health care practitioners: requirements and prohibitions established; practice protection laws exemptions; DSPS duties and definition provisions - AB307

Complementary and alternative health care practitioners: requirements and prohibitions established; practice protection laws exemptions; DSPS duties and definition provisions - SB198

Cosleeping with a child under 12 months while intoxicated and causing harm or death made a felony; CANPB to prepare and make available materials re safe sleep and cosleeping while intoxicated; providing the information to pregnant women or parents of newborns, pupils in one of grades 10 to 12, and other specified individuals required, immunity from liability provision - AB94

Cosleeping with a child under 12 months while intoxicated and causing harm or death made a felony; CANPB to prepare and make available materials re safe sleep and cosleeping while intoxicated; providing the information to pregnant women or parents of newborns, pupils in one of grades 10 to 12, and other specified individuals required, immunity from liability provision - SB46

CPR, CCR, and AED instruction required in grades 7 to 12 - AB545

CPR, CCR, and AED instruction required in grades 7 to 12 - SB412

Dementia specialist certification program created; DHS duties - AB785

Dementia specialist certification program created; DHS duties - SB750

DHS authorization to charge assessments to health care providers eliminated [Sec. 671, 3484] - AB21

DHS authorization to charge assessments to health care providers eliminated [Sec. 671, 3484] - SB21

DHS to request waiver of federal Medicaid law for services and support re women with increased risk of negative birth outcomes; expanding who can claim Wisconsin EITC; nurse-midwife governing provisions, and Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund coverage; statewide electronic data management and information system for all public assistance programs; evidence-based home visitation program re child abuse or neglect or poor birth outcomes; informed consent before certain elective caesarean section and labor-inducing procedures; infant's race or ethnicity to be included on the birth certificate; cultural competency training for certain students at UW and TCS institutions; DHS reports re neonatal intensive care units and fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; DHS to promulgate rules for best practices for postpartum patients and newborns at hospitals - AB852

EMS from out-of-state: exemption from license, permit, or certificate requirements when responding to call for mutual aid - AB289

EMS from out-of-state: exemption from license, permit, or certificate requirements when responding to call for mutual aid [S.Amdt.1: ``mutual aid" definition added] - SB210

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - AB726

Examining boards, affiliated credentialing boards, and DSPS: changes to laws governing; renaming, eliminating, membership modified, and creating certain boards or councils; Governor and DSPS duties - SB568

First responders on duty at prisons: warden or superintendent required to ensure - AB836

First responders on duty at prisons: warden or superintendent required to ensure - SB612

Health care information from hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers collected, analyzed, and disseminated by an entity revised - AB765

Health care information from hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers collected, analyzed, and disseminated by an entity revised - SB628

High-deductible health plan option for municipal police officers, fire fighters, and EMTs [S.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 1952c; S.Amdt.2: further revision] - SB21

Home medical oxygen provider: licensure program administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board established, emergency rule provision - AB26

Home medical oxygen provider: licensure program administered by the Pharmacy Examining Board established, emergency rule provision - SB13

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - AB179

Investigational drugs, devices, and biological products: access to by eligible patients and limitation of liability provisions - SB125

Licensed midwife services added to benefits covered by MA [Sec. 1799, 1807] - AB21

Licensed midwife services added to benefits covered by MA [Sec. 1799, 1807] - SB21

Lysosomal storage disorders: newborn screening required; DHS duties - AB65